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-Set I-
1. Promised Land 03:06
2. Sugaree 07:13
3. Me & My Uncle 03:04
4. Deal 04:41
5. Black Throated Wind 06:31
6. China Cat Sunflower> 07:56
7. I Know You Rider 06:02
8. Mexicali Blues 03:35
9. Bertha 05:44

-Set II-
1. Playin 18:40
2. He's Gone 08:49
3. Jack Straw 04:59
4. Bird Song 12:19
5. Greatest Story 05:33
-Set III-
1. Dark Star> 31:26
2. El Paso 04:39
3. Sing Me Back Home 10:29
4. Sugar Magnolia 08:33
5. E1: Casey Jones 06:08
6. E2: Saturday Night 04:41

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Reviewer: fibber - - February 25, 2013
Subject: dissenting opinion
I've been hearing for decades about how this is 'the best show of all time'. And for decades, every five or ten years I'll pull it out and listen, and think, 'sure, that's a solid late-72 show', and then put it away, opting for the even-better late-72 like Baltimore, Spectrum and both Stanleys. This one wouldn't even crack my top ten for the year. That said, intense versions of favorites like Playing, China Cat, Bird Song, and Dark Star give it four stars, but still the overall awesomeness of it eludes me.

Reviewer: clementinescaboose - - April 3, 2011
Subject: dick is fucked
if he thought this wasn't one of the best shows of '72. not only is it the best show of the year, it's the best Dead show of all time!!!

i wish this version was still up at etree. as hilarious as the stage banter is, i prefer it edited out.

Reviewer: JonesC - - March 4, 2011
Subject: Why can't I download this???
It doesn't make sense that this show can't be downloaded; I had it on tape, years ago but, now, it's not available for DL? WTF??

Reviewer: boscomorgan - - May 1, 2010
Subject: THIS IS THE ONE
I AM SITTING HERE TRYING TO WRITE ABOUT THIS SHOW AND CANNOT FIND THE WORDS.JUST LISTEN AND YOU TO WILL HAVE A TOUGH TIME COMING UP WITH WORDS.SO I SAY LISTEN FOR YOURSELF AND DIG IT.SIMPLY SAID ''IT DOES NOT GET ANY BETTER''.PERIOD.

Reviewer: cb18201 - - January 1, 2009
Subject: most "stereo" sounding version
this version sounds the most "stereo" out of all of them, this is the one to listen to first, then check jay serafins if you wanna hear the stage banter.

Notes

The songs from the reels were originally edited down to DAT very tightly, almost no banter is present in this version.

Known Flaws: the first few notes of Sugar Magnolia were missing and were patched in from the circulating Gans CD source.

The following spots were edited using pencil tool in Soundforge (small bits of analog static removed):
d1t1, 2:18 - left channel click - smoothed, still slightly audible
d1t1, 2:20-2:23 - left channel static - smoothed, still slightly audible
d1t06, 2:12 - pop - fixed
d2t01, 14:28 - right channel crackle - fixed
d2t05, 3:37 - right channel click - fixed
d2t05, 4:13 right channel click - fixed
d2t05, 04:18 - right channel static - smoothed, still audible
d2t05, 04:45 - right channel static - fixed
d2t05, 04:00-05:00 - some other static, smoothed, but still audible
d2t05, 5:05 - right channel click- still slightly audible
d3t01, 0:28 - two right channel clicks - fixed
d3t01, 0:38 - right channel click - fixed
d3t01, 8:06, 8:11 - right channel crackles - fixed
d3t01, 26:29 - right channel click - fixed

There are a few other minor analog anomalies that were left alone:
d1t01, 2:02 click in right channel
d1t01, 2:26 slight pop
d1t07, 3:48 click
d2t01, 6:00 faint click
d2t04, 10:12 pop
d2t05, 3:36 click
d2t05, 3:42 click
d3t01, 28:24 click
d3t04, 5:10-7:50 intermittent analog buzzing in right channel


There's probably some more to be found, however, all are quite minor